2023年中国地质大学远程与继续教育学院大学英语专升本阶段性作业.docx

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1、中国地质大学还理易他旗我肓等优人等美俗(专升声)阶段轴作业4单选题1. A coelacanth is a kind of living fossil, first discovered when one was caught off Madagascar马 达加斯加)in 1938.A coelacanth is a kind of(5分)rock(A) plantfish(B) animal您的回答：C对的4.1 wasn t going to be one of those people who die wondering. What if? I would keep putting m

2、y dream to the test even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the shadow land of hope, and everyone with a dream must learn to live there.“ the shadow land of hopeJ, means(5分)the wonder land one often dream about(A) the bright future that one is looking forward tothe

3、state of uncertainty before one, s final goal is reached(B) a world that exists only in one s imagination您的回答：C对的3. Yet you will find little if anything written on what it is to be an employee. You can find a great deal of very dubious advice on how to get a job or how to get a promotion (5分)(A) Val

4、uable(B) usefuldoubtful(C) helpful您的回答：C对的4. Many different people find that online method requires them to use their experiences and that online learning offers them a place to communicate with each other. This forum for communication removes the visual barriers that hinder some students in express

5、ing themselves. (55a place for online learning(A) a place to exchange opiniona place to exchange opinion(B) the experience for online learning您的回答：C对的5. I can make this decision because Ive gone down this road with patients many times. Recently I operated in vain on an eighty-year-old woman with can

6、cer of the liver. There was nothing I could do to relieve the problems the cancer had caused.“ in vain ” means(5分)unsuccessfully(A) effortlesslywith difficulty(B) with expectation您的回答：A对的阅读理解We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. D

7、id Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen? When I got that great job, did Jerry really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck? When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it s too late.Why do we go wrong about our friends or our enemies? S

8、ometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don t really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, you re a lucky dog . Is he really on your side? If he says, you re a lucky guy or you re a lucky gal , that s being friendly. But lucky dog ? There s a b

9、it of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn t see it himself. But bringing in the dog bit puts you down a little. What he may be saying is that he doesn t think you deserve your luck.How can you tell the real meaning behind someone s words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his

10、words fit the way he looks? Does that he says square with the tone of voice? His posture? The look in his eyes ? Minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake分). From the questions in the first paragraph we can learn that the speaker.(5分)(A) feel

11、s happy, thinking of how nice his friends were to himfeels he may not have “ read ” his friends true feelings correctly(B) thinks it was a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend, Helenis sorry that his friends let him down您的回答：B对的. In the second paragraph, the author uses the example of You

12、re a lucky dog to showthat.(5 分)the speaker of this sentence is just being friendly(A) this saying means the same as You re lucky guy or YoiT re a lucky gal0 .(B) sometimes the words used by a speaker give a clue to the feeling behind the wordsthe word dog ” shouldn t be used to apply to people您的回答：

13、C对的. This passage tries to tell you how to.(5分)(A) . avoid mistakes about money and friendsbring the “dog” bit into our conversation(B) avoid mistakes in understanding that people tell youkeep people friendly without trusting them您的回答：C对的. In listening to a person, the important thing is(5分)(A) to n

14、otice his tone, his posture, and the look in his eyesto listen to how he pronounces his words(B) to check his words against his manner, his tone of voice, and his posturenot to believe what he says您的回答：C对的. If you followed the advice of the writer, you would.(5分)(A) be able to get the real meaning o

15、f what people say to youavoid any mistakes while talking with people who envy you(B) not lose real friends who say things that to not please yoube able to observe people as they are talking to you您的回答：A对的Yuppies are young people who earn a lot of money and live in a style that is too expensive for m

16、ost people. If you are invited to a Yuppie dinner party, don t be surprised if you are offered freshly cooked insects as a first course. While the idea of eating fried insects fills most of us with horror, insect eating is becoming highly fashionable. For example, in the media industry, successful m

17、anagers are often seen to eat fried or boiled insects from time to time while working at their desks. These safe-to-eat insects can be found and ordered on the Internet. And young people are logging on to foreign food websites and ordering samples of prepared insects to serve at their dinner parties

18、. Although the idea of eating insects is probably disgusting to most of us, few people would claim that pigs, chickens and some kinds of seafood we often eat are examples of great beauty. One day, insects would be marketed and sold as a food item in supermarkets. According to their fans of Yuppies,

19、they are not only healthy, but also very tasty. But until our attitudes to food change, it seems that insects eaters will remain a select few.(25分)6) . Why did the speaker say we might be surprised at the Yuppie dinner party? (5分)Because we might be offered a dish of freshly cooked insects as a firs

20、t course.(A) Because nothing but freshly cooked insects are served.(B) Because some Yuppies like to horrify guests with insects as food.(C) Because we might meet many successful managers in the media industry.您的回答：A对的. Where can people order the unusual food mentioned by the speaker?(5分)(A) From Yup

21、pie clubs.(B) In the supermarket.(C) In the seafood market.(D) On the Internet.您的回答：D对的. Why are Yuppies attracted by the unusual food?(5分)(A) If s easy to prepare.(B) If s tasty and healthful.(C) If s exotic in appearanceIt s safe to eat.您的回答：B对的. What does the speaker say about the future of this

22、type of unusual food?(5分)(A) It will be consumed by more and more young people.(B) It will become the first course at dinner parties.(C) It will have to be changed to suit local tastes.(D) It is unlikely to be enjoyed by most people.您的回答：D对的. Why did the author write such a passage?(5分)(A) Look down

23、 upon Yuppies.(B) Enjoy the life of Yuppies.(C) Introduce the life of Yuppies.(D) Want to be Yuppies.您的回答：C对的There are stories about two U.S. presidents, Andrew Jackson and Marin Van Buren, which attempt to explain the American English term OK. We dont know if either story is true, but they are both

24、 interesting.The first explanation is based on the fact that President Jackson had very little education. In fact, he had difficulty reading and writing. When important papers came to Jackson, he tried to read them and then had his assistants explain what they said. If he approved of a paper, he wou

25、ld write “all correctM on it. The problem was that he didn t know how to spell, so what he really wrote was “ol korektM . After a while, he shortened that term to “OK” .The second explanation is based on the place where President Van Buren was born, Kinderhook, New York. Van Buren s friends organize

26、d a club to help him become President. They called the club the Old Kinderhook Club, and anyone who supported Van Buren was called “OK” .(25分). The author.(5分)(A) believes both of the storiesdoesn? t believe a word of the stories(B) is not sure whether the stories are trueis telling the stories just

27、 for fun您的回答：C对的. According to the passage, President Jackson.(5分)(A) couldn t draw up any documents at alldidn, t like to read important papers by himself(B) often had his assistants sign documents for himwasn* t goon at reading, writing or spelling您的回答：D对的. According to the first story, the term “

28、OK” .(5分)(A) was approved of by President Jacksonwas the title of some official documents(B) was first used by President Jacksonwas an old way to spell “all correctv您的回答：C对的. According to the second story, the term “OK” .(5分)(A) was the short way to say “ Old Kinderhook Club ”meant the place where P

29、resident Van Buren was born(B) was the name of Van Buren* s clubwas used to call Van Buren, s supporters in the election您的回答：D对的. According to the second story, the term “OK” was first used.(5分)(A) by Van Burenin a presidential election(B) to organize the Old Kinderhook Clubby the members of the “Old Kinderhook Club”您的回答：B对的